List of public art in Dundee

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This is a list of public art in Dundee , Scotland. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Dundee mercat cross.JPG
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Mercat cross Nethergate1586 John Mylne Unicorn statue on column & pedestalStone & bronze resinCategory BModern unicorn replacement by Scott Sutherland. [1]
Sir David Baxter, 1st Baronet The Pavilion, Baxter Park 1863 John Steell StatueMarble [2] [3] [4] [5]
Dundee,-Albert-Square,-George-Kinloch-Monument-(Q17798900).jpg George Kinloch Albert Square1872 John Steell Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798900 [6]
Statue of James Carmichael, Dundee.jpg James Carmichael Albert Square1876 John Hutchison Seated statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B [7]
Robert Burns statue, Dundee.jpg
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Statue of Robert Burns Albert Square1880 John Steell Seated statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798424 [8] [9]
Statue of Queen Victoria, Albert Square, Dundee by Harry Bates 1899.jpg
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Queen Victoria Albert Square1899 Harry Bates Seated statue on pedestal with reliefsBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798977 [2] [10] [11]
Dundee police war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 7145358.jpg Police war memorialSheriff Court, West Bell Street1922Celtic wheel crossStone2m tall Q56630256 [12] [13] [14]
Dundee Law, War Memorial.jpg
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War memorialLaw Road, Dundee Law 1925Thomas Braddock, William Gauldie (architect), R.Pert and Sons Ltd. (builder)Monument with beaconGraniteCategory B Q17808521 [2] [15] [16]
Soldier of the Black Watch - geograph.org.uk - 254012.jpg
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Black Watch memorialEmmock Road, Dundee1959 Scott Sutherland Statue on pedestal & stepsBronze and stone Q17814233 [2] [17]
Ceramic panels40-42 Bellfield St.1982-83Keith DonnellyRelief panelsCeramic resin [2]
Sculpture - geograph.org.uk - 237073.jpg Deer LeapRiverside Avenue, Dundee Technology Park1987 David Annand Sculpture groupBronze [2]
Street Furniture / Lily buds & jute twistsNethergate, High St., Murrygate & Panmure St.1992-c.1996David Findlay WilsonRailings and street furnitureMetal [2] [18] [19]
Dundee dragon - geograph.org.uk - 777300.jpg The DragonMurrygate1992-1994Alastair Smart, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeStatueBronze [2]
Statue of Admiral Duncan, Dundee.jpg
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Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan High Street, Castlehill1997Janet Scrymgeour WedderburnStatue on pedestalBronze and granite [20]
Dasprate Dan - panoramio.jpg
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Desperate Dan & DawgHigh Street2001Susie Paterson, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeSculpture groupBronze [2]
Minnie the minx.jpg Minnie the Minx High Street2001Susie Paterson, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeSculptureBronze [2]
Penguins on the wall - geograph.org.uk - 1804952.jpg March of the PenguinsOutside Steeple Church, Nethergate2005Angela HunterSculpture groupBronze [2]
Catalyst3 Greenmarket2008Matthew Dalziel & Louise ScullionSculptureVarious [2] [21] [22]
Another Time XGrounds of Maggie's Dundee at Ninewells Hospital 2008 Antony Gormley StatueCast iron [23] [24] [25]
Still on Patrol 3 - geograph.org.uk - 1839155.jpg
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Dundee International Submarine Memorial Victoria Dock2009Paul Grime & Jeremy Cunningham9 panelsStone Q5314825 [26]
'Lemmings' sculpture - detail (geograph 6299613).jpg
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LemmingsSeabraes Gardens2013Alyson Conway & Powderhall BronzeSculpture groupBronze Q23900277 Sculpture representing 3 video game characters. [2] [23]
The Dundee Weaver on Lochee High Street (detail) (geograph 5965398).jpg
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Jute WomenHigh Street, Lochee 2014Malcolm Robertson & Powderhall BronzeSculpture group and screenBronze and steel Q134813221 Screen has verses by Mary Brooksbank & Ron Hutcheson. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Nethergate, Mercat Cross (Category B Listed Building LB25386)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Matthew Jarron (30 May 2019). "Desperate Dan to Queen Victoria: Thirteen public sculptures in Dundee". Art UK. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Baxter Park (GDL00051)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "David Baxter Statue by John Steell (1863)". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "David Baxter (1793–1872)". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  6. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of George Kinloch (Category B Listed Building LB24934)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of James Carmichael (Category B Listed Building LB24930)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of Robert Burns (Category B Listed Building LB24925)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Rhona Taylor (22 January 2020). "Six Scottish Robert Burns statues". Art UK. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of Queen Victoria (Category B Listed Building LB24944)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Statue of Queen Victoria 1899". Yale Centre for British Art. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dundee City Police - Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Police War Memorial". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Police War Memorial". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dundee Law - Beacon". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  16. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Law Hill War Memorial (Category B Listed Building LB25409)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "War Memorials Register: 4th and 5th Battalions The Black Watch WW2". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  18. ↑ Furniture&artist-name=david-f-wilson/ "Explore - Search "Street Furniture"". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  19. ↑ "Street Furniture". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Admiral Adam Duncan of Camperdown". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Catalyst". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "Catalyst". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Staff picks: our favourite sculptures (so far)". Art UK. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  24. ↑ "Another Time X by Antony Gormley (2008-09)". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "Another Time X". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  26. ↑ "War Memorials Register: 'Still on Patrol' - Submariners - WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.